The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-18
Local and State Notes.

Empty cars.-.... 4640 4.081 4,698
Total movement 1854 17,os1 1920
Local and State Notes.
A. W. Qusckenbush, formerly in charge Of
the railway shops al Andrews, Ind. has been APP
pointed general master mechanic or the Wabash
lines west of the Mississippi river.
George Tolman has been appointed Western
passenger agent OF the l.. B. & W.. with head
quarters at Kansas City vice j. w. Womeldorff
resigned. The appointment takes effect to-day.
The Louisville. Evansville & ST. Louis road is
reported to be doing finely, in financial way
since its reorganization. The earnings of the
system since JAN show an increase over those
of last year of $36,2lS.
1t is believed in railroad circles that owing to
the disturbance in rate matters, earnings
through this month will show considerable fall
ing off compared with those OF the CORE.
spending period last year.
General Manager Bradbury. of the Lake Erie
& Western, returned from New York On Satur-
day. While he was East it was definitely set
tied that the headquarters of the company should
be removed to Indianapolis.
There were transferred over the Belt road last
week s, 49, cars, against s, 049 the corresponding
week of 1856 Belt road engines last week
handled 760 carloads of live stock against 688 in
the corresponding week of 1885,
The l., B. & w. is of the roads the trunk
lines and other Eastern connections boy
COItlnS. NoV0rCn6leSS, Inc fOau Is HOOFlSQlng.
The passenger earnings of the road the last If
teen days were the largest in its history.
The Chicago e Indiana Block-coal road has
made arrangements to operate the Chicago 81
West Michigan road between Lacrosse ana New
Buffalo. This is said to be all there is in the
rumor that the c., g. & l. C. road has leased the
c. & W. M.
So far as Indiana roads are concerned under
the readjustment of rates and revisions of class
ifcations, the rates first, second and third
class freiehts have been considerably reduced.
while the rates on fourth, fifth and sixth class
have been slightly advanced.
Ticket agents by the dozens on the lines of
railways which have forbidden their agents to
receive commissions from foreign roads are
sending in requests that their salaries may be
advanced to meet at least a part of their loss
through the new order of things.
The West Shore fast.freight line seems to be
shut out of Indianapolis. General Manager
Grier, of the line, telegraphs William Parmelee
their agent at this point that he has been unable
to make arrangements for doing business out of
Indianapolis, and is uncertain when he will be
able to do so.
On Friday last engine LOG. on the Decline,
hauled express train No. 10, consisting of six
cars, two of them sleeping coaches, from Bright
wood to Union, eighty miles, in los minutes.
making four stops for crossings and to take
water. This is said to be the fastest time ever
made between the points named.
The Eureka Lodge of the Brotherhood of Lo-
connective Firemen, of this city. has now l75
members and is in a flourshing condition Last
year there were but fifteen assessments for death
disability which rendered a member unfit to
follow his vocation. The assessment in each
case was 81, and the benefit paid $1,000.
Sixty-two persons were notified, on Saturday,
that their services were no longer needed by the
machinery and car departments of the Lake
Erie & Western railway at Peru. Ind. This
reduces the force to almost a minimum, and is
rendered necessary sinca the Wabash work is
being done at Butler and large portion of the
Lake Erie work at Lima.
The c., Il. g. D. is putting on through coaches
to Findlay and other points in northern Ohio.
profting by the boycott the Decline and the
Erie are enforcing on the l., b. & W. bust
north from Cincinnati Meantime the l.,
b. d w. management is watching movements,
and at the proper time some lively litigation be-
tween the l., B. & w. and the Bee line and Erie
roads is predicted.
The Lake Erie & Western people seem quite
determined to build M the eastern division of
their system. All east bound freghts from
Michigan City and points this side will be billed
east via Upton, and all freghts from Indian
apolis and points north as far as Upton take the
Indianapolis rates and will be billed via Upton
apd thence east over the eastern division Of the
Lake Erie & Western.
Passenger men who were in Chicago last week
state that the general passenger agents of the
Eastern lines which have boycotted the West
ern and Northwestern lines were somewhat sur
the general passenger agents of the boycotted
lines. Although in Chicago, they did not take
the trouble to attend any of the sessions of the
general passenger agents who had come to Chi
cago, with the expectation of having lively
quarrel over the commission question
Tcket-scalpers report the situation brighten
ing for them. The troubles between trunk lines
and the roads of the Northwest and West give
the scaipers opportunity 20 get hold of lines
of tickets which had become reduced and roads
which have been giving the scalpers the cold
shoulder now, in quiet way. it is stated.
furnishing them tickets to sell. Tickets are
| purchased from the scapers for Western and
| Northwestern points nat the local agents de.
roads ordering the boycott.
| While Ives and Stayner were elected directors
of the Cincinnati, WABASH & Michigan road, at
the election last week. the road is still really in
| the hands of the Cleveland syndicate. 1t trans
| pires that by the terms of purchase made some
months ago the stock will not be paid for by the
| Ives-Stayner syndicate until late in the present
| year When full payment is made the Cleveland
syndicate will transfer the property. In the
! meantime the Ives -Stayner people will build the
| forty miles of road which will connect the c.,
| w. & NJ with the c., ii. & /. road at Nashville.
| General and Miscellaneous.
| John G. Jennings, of late superintendent of
| the Cornwall q Lebanon railroad has been
| made general freight agent of the Missouri rail-
road, with headquarters at Sedala, Mo.
| The Grand Trunk has thrown another boml